I don't think pilotboy1985YYC said he was an AC pilot. He simply said "As a pilot myself ..."

I may have completely missed something somewhere, but I don't believe pilotboy is employed by AC. :confused: The subsequent posts taking his attitude as 'illustrative' of AC's are thus a bit mal à propos...

(Curses ! Pre-empted by AnselmAdorne I see... :D)

Just when did you become a commercial airline pilot?

In a previous thread you stated:

Posted By pilotboy1985YYC
What do you do for a living?

Telus Mobility Client Manager. I don't travel for business, only pleasure.

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Thanks that why I told him he back to flying a crop duster

He may not work for AC, but he's certainly implying he is now flying commercial airliners by using the term 'us flying you everywhere'.

To clear it up once and for all - if J is sold out, J is sold out, GA doesn't go on to pull someone off for any staff. Standard standby procedure applies at the gate where all eligible passengers are accomodated before any staff.

Enough with the attitude
 

as an SE myself who did over 75K this year so far I can honestly say most of AC staff is not like that.. I have seen them come onto the plane kick a pilot or co/pilot (not sure) back to Y because of a paid J customer who managed to make his connection.. I have had a dead heading pilot SYD-HNL willing to switch seats with me in J because the AVOD wasn't working.. They usually take my my meal order first and have never had an issue with them running out of my preferred meal..the list goes on and on.. honestly I am sick of the E's and SE's with the whole DYKWIA attitude....I have seen to many E/SE passengers yelling at the GA and FA who are extremely rude.. I honestly feel bad for some of these GA/FA's and check in clerks. there are a few bad apples but thats life.. if you don't like it go fly another airline or a kite :D

How is it that a SE still calls Business Class "First Class"? After flying 120K miles a year I'd figure you'd at least fathom that much out.

But then, you also think AC can contract out pilots' jobs. i wonder what it is you do and get paid for to have such a narrow grasp on the real world of running unionized companies?!

PS, interesting AC has to compete in the "real world" and today front page in the Shanghai newspaper is an article about the airline getting a fine for its pilots not flying to a city because of a "union" dispute.... The govt said they cant hurt the customers.... and now the pilots are to be fired for the Illegal walk out. Oh guess what in the related article pilots are also going to lose the lifetime employment right, and must speak English to fly into PEK.

AC has to compete! it cant compete with crazy union rules "agreed on" when AC was a monopoly or Government carrier.

AC can never last in a WORLD economy unless the Union and Company get together and change some archaic working rules.

It sounds as if the managment and the staff of the airline mentioned in that article need to smarten up and to catch up with AC and its unions, doesn't it? Neither AC's pilots nor its FAs have ever staged an illegal walk-out or refused to fly to any point in the airline's network. AC staff have never had a lifetime employment right.

You are needed on the FT forum of the airline mentioned in the article you cite. Please go to it and lecture their management and staff at length on how to run their business.

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I thought you worked for that telephone communication company that doesn't know how to answer a telephone.

You fly people everywhere now? Congrats on the ATPL, and a job to go with it.

That hand that feeds who. I hope your new airline carrier does plenty of drug testing, you must be sucking on quite the crack pipe to surmise that pilots feed the passengers.

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you have a short memory pilots have "worked to rule" and had sick-ins. Thats what the pilots were doing in China...:D

Reminds me of a story I heard about airline service in the late 1980's - possibly an urban legend...

The president of Eastern Airlines, Frank Lorenzo, had an urgent need to get to Los Angeles from New York. He turned up at the airport and found out that his airline had to bump a full-paid first class passenger to "coach" to allow him to travel.

Mr. Lorenzo - being customer-focussed as he was, had found out the name and seat of the passenger that had involuntarily given up his spot in "F".

After the aircraft was at cruising altitude, he sought out the J-bumped passenger who was way aft in the aircraft. He graciously introduced himself, "Hi, I am Frank Lorenzo the president of Eastern Airlines. I'd like to express my gratitude to you for giving up your seat".

The passenger replied, "Mr. Lorenzo, I am John Akers, CEO of IBM, and neither me nor any of my employees will ever fly Eastern Airlines again."